novice forensic medicine

Chapter 598 Come, I'll Hold You!

Chen Cheng squatted at the entrance of the cave, and didn't dare to get up at all, because his legs and feet were weak now, and he didn't feel the breeze in the cave for a while, as if the air was about to freeze.

"Director Zhou Zhou, what is that?"

Zhou Ning glanced back at Chen Cheng, knowing that he was really scared, so he quickly waved his hand.

"Go to the entrance of the cave, tell Zhu Xingxing and Liu Yufei, and let them come in. The four offering porcelain bowls here should contain human blood or some rotten meat, but they are not young. The smell of corruption has basically dissipated, ask them who has luminol on them."

"What is Luminol?"

Da Zhao waved his hand.

"Don't talk nonsense, just go ahead and talk. You don't need to ask them. Let Zhu Xingxing bring the backpack. I've brought the luminol reagent."

Zhou Ning raised his head in surprise, Da Zhao pouted and sighed.

"Mistake, when I was packing my luggage, I didn't know how to mix this thing in the toiletry bag. I couldn't keep it there all the time. I felt uncomfortable, so I threw it in the mezzanine of my backpack."

Zhou Ning nodded, looked at the stone countertop with tall porcelain bowls, and brought the LED lights closer.

"There are a few bloody handprints on the outside of the porcelain bowl, and dripping blood on the stone table. I'm not sure what's in the bowl, but if there is meat in this semi-closed hole, and then it dries up completely, the smell will dissipate. What is needed is not a few years.

Moreover, in the tall porcelain bowl on the side, if you look carefully, the dry things are piece by piece, a little curled, but the surface does not look like that kind of glorious surface, it seems that there are bumps one by one, which looks a bit like Tongue, but it's too small, unless you tell Teacher Li."

Da Zhao's face turned pale, and he quickly raised his hand to stop it.

"Stop, I don't want to hear about Teacher Li Chengbin's knowledge right now. His knowledge is too terrifying, especially in the United States, where guns are free and you can see everything. I read all the journals you brought back. It's too painful to lose weight. No, by the way, did you see the hole next door?"

"I didn't go. It feels like the wind is coming from that direction. Wait a minute. They come over and say that if I leave with a flashlight, I'm afraid that your high-pitched voice will cause an avalanche of the perennial snow above."

Da Zhao crossed his arms and looked up and down at Zhou Ning with a helpless expression.

"I said Zhou Xiaozhou, you let yourself go when you get married, right? This word is a set of words, who did you learn from, Mr. Xia? Trained by Xiaozao alone?"

Just as he was speaking, Zhu Xingxing's voice sounded from behind.

"I can hear you nagging outside. Thanks to Mr. Xia not following in, you can shut up quickly. Are you not afraid?"

Da Zhao bared his teeth and grinned, not daring to resist. Liu Yufei also came from behind, and was somewhat surprised to see the situation inside the cave. After all, there is still a difference between what people say and what they see with their own eyes.

"The inside is so grand, but the outside is so dilapidated, and there are many cocoons hanging on it. What does this mean?"

Zhou Ning shook his head.

"Spray the luminol reagent to see if it's blood. First, go to the next door to see. Where are Dr. Chen and Momo at the entrance of the cave?"

"Well, I'll ask Chen Cheng to accompany Teacher Xia, I'll try it first."

Da Zhao didn’t talk nonsense, he stepped forward and started spraying color reagents, all of the four tall porcelain bowls had fluorescent reactions, and there were fluorescent blood droplets dripping around the stone table and the ground, and on the outside of the bowls, there were a few A fluorescent fingerprint, and part of the fingerprint traces can be seen clearly, so Da Zhao hurriedly took pictures.

After all, the fluorescent reaction can last for 30 seconds, and I took many photos of those fingerprints carefully. When I stepped back, there was a long dark mark on the ground two meters away from the stone table. Still spraying the reagent, and then taking pictures, looking at the pictures on the camera, Da Zhao blinked.

"I don't know what the offering is. It feels like it should be a living thing. It can't be a piece of meat, right? There are many blood drops around, very thick blood drops, and there are blood fingerprints on the bottom of the outer bowl. The one on the ground should be in the shape of a knife. But why is the shape of this knife so weird?"

Liu Yufei also nodded.

"In terms of shape, it looks similar to a Mongolian scimitar, but this one is definitely different. If it is slaughtered or ordinary stabbing and other actions, it is impossible to stain the blade with blood from the handle to the handle, and it is impossible to leave such a complete hole on the stone slab. imprint.

I think the blood was intentionally smeared and rubbed on the slate, and you see, the length of this scimitar is only about [-] centimeters, which is about the same as a dagger. I don’t think this thing can be used in war, it seems It is a ritual vessel for offering sacrifices or slaughtering sacrifices. "

Zhou Ning recognized this analysis very much, and Liu Yufei's insight was absolutely acceptable.

However, this is a scimitar-shaped dagger, and it is also a sacrificial item. It looks like something cut from a living creature, especially the thing in the bowl on the far side, which looks more like a dry tongue, which makes Zhou Ning I feel some churning in my stomach.

Without thinking too much, he waved his hand to everyone.

"The dust inside is very thick. It seems that no one has come in for many years. Let's go and see the next door."

As they said that, several people walked towards the entrance of the cave next door. This time, Zhou Ning was still in front, holding up the LED light to illuminate it, but there were no bats and other small animals running around.

The inside of the cave is very big, about four times bigger than the next door, and wider than a basketball court. There is a hole directly facing the entrance, and the wind blows from that side, because when you walk here, you can obviously Feeling that Zhu Xingxing's hair was floating up, Zhou Ning shivered when he saw the things placed in the corner.

The coffin, which is actually full of coffins, is dark wood with patterns drawn on it. It is suspended on the stone wall by a few pieces of wood, about [-] centimeters above the ground.

Zhou Ning moved closer and motioned for Da Zhao to take a photo. After all, the pattern on it was complicated, including the Green Tara next door, and strange scenes. The content drawn on each coffin was different.

Da Zhao patted, and kept making tsk tsk sounds from his mouth.

"I said, this level is very high, there is also gold painting, although the content painted on the coffin is a bit weird, but the wood looks like cypress, it is not something that ordinary people can touch casually, after all, nanmu is usually enjoyed by the royal family , and officials can use cypress wood."

"You know a lot."

After Liu Yufei praised Zhao Xinli, she wanted to reach out and push the coffin, but Da Zhao was so frightened that she quickly stopped her movement.

"Sister Fei stop, I don't know what's inside, just push it away, what if the corpse changes?"

Big Zhao's eyes widened. If someone said that, he owed his son to do it, but the opposite was Liu Yufei, and this thought would have been dispelled. After all, Liu Yufei could kick him down the mountain.

"You've read too many novels, right? After the founding of the People's Republic, you are not allowed to become a master, don't you know? Stop talking nonsense, let me take a look."

Zhou Ning came over and held down the coffin board.

"Let's wait for the local people to come over. We checked the next door carefully. Although there are sacrifices, there are too many coffins here, and they are all suspended in the air. And as Da Zhao said, the material of the coffins, and The above pattern, at first glance, is not from recent decades.

Besides, how did such a big and heavy guy come up from the bottom of the mountain?The few of us who climbed up the mountain by ourselves were all terrified, and when the coffin and these stone statues were brought up, the entrance of the cave should not have been sealed.

So does it mean that the hanging things in the main cave on the outside, as well as these sacrifices, are all carved after Buddha statues and these coffins are placed, and then the hole is covered, and then there is a tree seed that falls in it, takes root and sprouts , growing to a diameter of twenty centimeters. "

Da Zhao hummed, and glanced at the small hole at the end. Although there was a wind blowing over, the gloomy and biting chill made people feel overwhelming.

"Ahem, why don't we go out and wait, we dare not open the coffin, and dare not go inside, there is no point in staying here."

Zhou Ning didn't expose him, but he did stay here for a long time and felt uncomfortable to breathe. They exited the cave directly and walked to the main cave outside. They could see Momo Xia standing at the entrance of the cave, lying on his stomach. Look down at the edge.

Looking at Xia Momo's direction, Zhou Ning's foot speed also accelerated. He didn't pay attention, and stepped on the plate above the ground under the silkworm cocoon, and his foot obviously slipped.

Zhou Ning directly knelt down on one knee, and the LED light was also thrown out. He hurriedly looked back, only to find that there was a piece of blood red under the dust on the trampled plate. Da Zhao picked up the LED light and walked to Zhou Ning Next to him, he laughed at him.

"I said, when you see your daughter-in-law, you have to look at your feet, get up quickly, how bad is the fall?"

Zhou Ning grabbed the LED light in Da Zhao's hand and quickly shone it on the plate under his feet. With this light, Da Zhao almost cried out.

"I'll go, I'll go! What is this? Is this the blood flowing from the cocoon?"

Zhou Ning stretched out his hand and wiped the bright red surface. It felt cold to the touch, with reflections from the mirror surface. It felt hard and slippery when he stepped on it.

"It's not blood, it's a stone, but I don't know what kind of stone it is, and it's been polished into the shape of a lotus leaf, as if it's holding a silkworm cocoon."

At the end, Zhou Ning stopped.

The bottom simulates a lotus leaf plate filled with blood, so what is on top?
The sacrifices placed inside seemed to be fresh at that time, so isn't the raw material of those sacrifices inside these hanging cocoons?

Zhou Ning shivered, squatted down, and took a picture of the bottom of the lotus leaf plate with the camera. After zooming in, he found that there was actually a horizontal buckle underneath, and the plate was inserted horizontally with tight seams, which also explained the texture of the material. Different problems, and such a delicate design is amazing.

Squatting on the ground, Zhou Ning looked at the silkworm cocoons above his head and counted eight of them in total. Moreover, the silkworm cocoon that Da Zhao just pierced seemed to have something exposed inside. Zhou Ning stood up and walked over.

Liu Yufei and the others took paper towels and wiped the lotus leaf plates one by one. Sure enough, each of them was covered with blood-colored stones, translucent, polished very smooth, and even the outer wall was wrapped in dark stones, but they couldn't tell what it was. Stone.

Da Zhao leaned next to Zhou Ning.

"I said Zhou Xiaozhou, can we move these things? After a while, the local police and people from the museum will come, let's wait for them to come!"

Zhou Ning nodded, and didn't poke the hole in the silkworm cocoon. Just as Zhou Ning was about to turn around, there was a clicking sound above his head.

The moment he raised his head, accompanied by the screams of several women, the silkworm cocoon fell directly into Zhou Ning's arms, and the feeling of being held in his arms was like a fragile broken lantern dangling, and one could easily feel that there seemed to be something inside. , swaying inside the cocoon, and then a crack extended from the hole below to the top of the cocoon.

Zhou Ning had already held his breath and glanced at Da Zhao who was beside him in a daze.

"Come on, give you a hug!"

(End of this chapter)